One Thing Quotes - Page 32

rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else.

Marilyn French

Rain, England, British

Marilyn French (2013). “The Bleeding Heart: A Novel”, p.159, Open Road Media

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Upon becoming fifty the one thing you can't afford is habit.

Carolyn Heilbrun

Age, Fifty, Becoming

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Even if you're fat, one thing always fits: shoes.

Mimi Pond

Shoes, Fit, Fats

Mimi Pond (1985). “Shoes never lie”, Berkley Pub Group

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That's the one thing a politician mustn't have - political opinions or principles. He can have prejudices - indeed he must have prejudices and share all the popular political superstitions of the moment as ardently as he can. But he must not have principles. He must never let the people suspect that they cannot eat their cake and have it. He must promise them a defense program and a higher standard of living. He must never use that dreadful little word or.

Helen McCloy

Political Opinions, Cake, People

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All addictions have one thing in common - they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.

Barbara De Angelis

Addiction, Common, Moments

Barbara De Angelis (1997). “Are You the One for Me? ; Real Moments”, Fine Communications

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In Poland a man must be one thing: white or black, here or there, with us or against us -- clearly, openly, without hesitations. . . . We lack the liberal, democratic tradition rich in all its gradations. We have instead the tradition of struggle: the extreme situation, the final gesture.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Struggle, Men, White

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Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking.

Naomi Wolf

Truth, Women Empowerment, Empowering Women

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There are dozens of ways of failing to make money. It is one thing to fail to make money because your single talent happens to be a flair amounting to genius for translating the plays of Aristophanes. It is quite another thing to fail to make money because you are black, or a child, or a woman.

Margaret Halsey

Children, Play, Black

Margaret Halsey (1952). “The Folks at Home”

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On one thing professionals and amateurs agree: mothers can't win.

Margaret Drabble

Mother, Winning, Can't Win

Margaret Drabble (2013). “The Middle Ground”, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another.

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

Judgment, Denied

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One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it.

Alice Sebold

Mean, Failing, Stills

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I am tired to death! tired of every thing! I would give the universe for a disposition less difficult to please. Yet, after all, what is there to give pleasure? When one has seen one thing, one has seen every thing.

Fanny Burney

Tired, Boredom, Giving

Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.653, Delphi Classics

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Drink was the most fearsome of deceivers ... for it promised one thing and came through with quite another.

Kay Boyle

Drinking, Alcoholism, Deceiver

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It's one thing to communicate to people because you believe you have something of value to say. It's another to communicate with people because you believe they have value.

John C. Maxwell

Believe, People, Communicate

John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook: Revised and Updated”, p.104, HarperCollins Leadership

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One thing nobody can do better than you is be you.

Elizabeth Moon

Be You, Can Do, Better Than You

Elizabeth Moon (2004). “The Speed of Dark: A Novel”, p.150, Ballantine Books

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Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.

Ethel Merman

Being Yourself, Love Your Children, Can Do

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... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.

Sally Quinn

Writing, Government, People

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The fact is, I can have any experience of life I want. I don't have to choose any one thing or act in any one way to define myself as a woman now. I am one.

Ally Sheedy

Want, Way, Facts

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First of all, let's get one thing straight: fitness and exercise aren't the same thing. You can exercise without getting fit, but you can't get fit without exercise.

Jaclyn Smith

Fitness, Exercise, Firsts

Jaclyn Smith (1986). “The American look”, Fireside

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The one thing ... maybe no family could tolerate was things coming out into the open.

Jane Smiley

Family, Coming Out, Tolerate

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The one thing a creator can bring to the table when everybody else has all the money and power is centeredness and the ability to walk away. Never sit at a table you can't walk away from.

Joss Whedon

Power, Centeredness, Tables

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crawling about the floor like half-dead November flies is one thing, and dancing reels another.

Ethel Smyth

Dance, Dancing, Half

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Those who are unjust in one Thing, will be so in others.

Eliza Haywood

Unjust, Injustice

Eliza Haywood (2004). “Fantomina and Other Works”, p.212, Broadview Press

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I have my own unique road that has had many exciting ups and heart-breaking downs, but one thing I know is that my journey is not over and the best is yet to come.

Ryan Hall

Heart, Unique, Journey

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... one thing I've learned in caving is always to be two hundred percent sure.

Caroline Llewellyn

Two, I've Learned, Hundred

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